Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse write at Tomdispatch.com" "Tomgram: Engelhardt and Turse, The End in Afghanistan? Posted by Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse at 8:21am, February 28, 2012. Blown Away How the…

Chris Jones writes for The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Two major investigations have provided fresh evidence that civilians are continuing to be killed in Pakistan’s tribal areas by CIA drones – despite…

In the build-up to the Super Tuesday primaries, in 2012 and 2008, candidates Romney and Obama, respectively, addressed crowds in stadiums. Here is the difference. Originally from Thinkprogress, Originally submitted by Marika…

Rick Santorum attacked President Obama on Saturday for being "a snob" because, Santorum said, the president wanted all Americans to have a college education (Obama hasn't actually said such a thing). Then…

The Muslim Fundamentalist Palestinian party-militia Hamas, based largely in the Gaza Strip has abruptly broken with its long-time patron, Syria. The leadership has scattered from its offices in Syria to elsewhere in…

Despite American assertions that Iran is "internationally isolated," it turns out that the boycott of that country is a solidly Northern Hemisphere phenomenon and only partially successful even there. The US-led sanctions…

The USG Open Source Center paraphrases Arab satellite television reports on the protests in Afghanistan of the incineration of Qur'ans by the US military. FYI -- Al-Jazirah, Al-Arabiyah Coverage of Koran Burning…

Santorum surrogate's slip of the tongue Santorum sent his spokesperson Alice Stewart out to explain that when he condemned President Obama's "theology" for "not being based on the Bible," what he actually…

What would happen if we substituted "the Middle East" for "Europe" in George Washington's Farewell address? Emphasis and words in brackets added. "Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace…

Andrew Bacevich writes at Tomdispatch.com Scoring the Global War on Terror From Liberation to Assassination in Three Quick Rounds By Andrew Bacevich With the United States now well into the second decade…

Rick Santorum attacked President Obama on Saturday for his theology. Although people assumed that Santorum was, like other conservatives, hinting around that Obama is not a Christian but rather a secret Muslim,…

The USG Open Source Center translates the speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the inauguration of three civilian nuclear projects Iran: Ahmadinezhad Inaugurates Nuclear Projects Speech by Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad…

Noam Chomsky writes at Tomdispatch.com The Imperial Way American Decline in Perspective, Part 2 By Noam Chomsky In the years of conscious, self-inflicted decline at home, “losses” continued to mount elsewhere. In…

Noam Chomsky writes at Tomdispatch.com American Decline in Perspective, Part 1 By Noam Chomsky Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated -- Japan’s attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example. …

Lior Sternfeld writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Two important realities about Iran are obscured behind the smokescreen of the “Iranian threat” which US politicians and even the US government…

Whitney Houston's tragic death on Saturday was a global event, because of the enormous popularity of American popular culture. Houston's music was played worldwide, not just inside the US. In the Arab…

The right wing Republican politicians who have been denouncing the requirement that female employees have access to birth control as part of their health benefits as an attack on religious freedom completely…

Update Brig. Gen. Issa al-Kholi who headed a military hospital, was assassinated Saturday outside his Damascus home. He is the first high-ranking officer to be killed. Because he was a physician rather…

Syria's military continued its brutal assault on neighborhoods of Homs, a center of civil disobedience against the regime, on Thursday, killing over 100 persons, including children. This deployment of military force against…

Peter van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com Silent State The Campaign Against Whistleblowers in Washington By Peter Van Buren On January 23rd, the Obama administration charged former CIA officer John Kiriakou under the…

It is hard to decide what is the most despicable thing about senatorial Republican hopeful Pete Hoekstra's Superbowl ad attacking rival Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow. The ad has a Chinese young woman…

Tom Englehardt writes at Tomdispatch.com: Offshore Everywhere How Drones, Special Operations Forces, and the U.S. Navy Plan to End National Sovereignty As We Know It By Tom Engelhardt Make no mistake: we’re…

Russia and China jointly cast a veto Saturday in the United Nations Security Council against an Arab League-backed resolution that would have called for President Bashar al-Assad of Syria to step down.…